Talk:Tony Awards/Archive 1

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The phrase, "nickel plating on the outside," is redundant. ALL plating is perforce on the outside of a solid object; a cup can be plated on the inside, but a medallion cannot. The phrase, "a black acrylic glass base," makes no sense; either the base is acrylic plastic or it is glass; you can't have it both ways. Dick Kimball (talk) 16:27, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

RE: Your comments about the construction of the medallion:

I think the description was taken from the playbill article ([[1]], here are the pertinent sentences: "The medallion, which is a mix of mostly brass and a little bronze, with a nickel plating on the outside.", and "The base, which is black acrylic glass, a synthetic material used instead of regular glass. 'Acrylic is good because it take a beating and yet it still looks elegant,' DiBella says. The base is made by an acrylic caster in Quebec."

Do you have any suggested alternate language? Thanks, JeanColumbia (talk) 16:52, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Definition of "Season" needed

It would help if the article defined "season" as used in connection with the Tonys. The season begins and ends when?

- According to the Tony website: "Legitimate theatrical productions may be eligible for Tony Awards if they officially open on or before the cut-off date established by the Tony Awards Administration Committee (in 2006, that date is May 10) in an eligible Broadway theatre and comply with all the rules and regulations that govern the Tony Awards for the season." I'm unsure what the requirements are for quoting outside material, so I'll leave to a more proficient editor to insert this into the article. --MichaelCaricofe 22:22, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I just noticed this comment, and it certainly is a valid point! I attempted to add some material on this "season" question (without copyright violation). Hopefully the addition (as well as some other interesting --to me--adminitrative details) will make this article useful and encyclopedic. JeanColumbia 19:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Antoinette Perry

Hello.The Tony awards should have a huge area to rember the person who gave us this name:Antonette Perry.You what to?

It's already done. Antoinette Perry--MichaelCaricofe 22:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

heading 1.1 --> heading 1

If no one minds, I removed the heading 'Origin of the name "Tony," rules, and current categories' and broke it into the 1.1 headings that were there before. I think the origin of the name is fairly obvious, as it states the former name in the introduction. However, if someone can put some more info about Antoinette Perry into this article, that would be nice, and we can have the old heading back! — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 15:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It would be good to have an explanation of the name, is it short for Antoinette? 86.186.147.5 (talk) 03:32, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

In the lead (and History section) the article states "The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing." (LEAD) "The award is named after Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who had died in 1946." (History section) Is there something else you would like to add to either sentence to make it clearer?Flami72 (talk) 11:06, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

2006 Tonys

User:Bib added a template on 6 January 2006 requesting the 2006 items be moved to a separate page. I would agree with this thought. The Tony Award article should discuss the background and general information about the Tony Awards and individual season information should be created in an individual article. Also, this topic needs a good template to link articles together in addition to the Tony Awards Category. Unfortunately, I don't have time to do this right now but concur with idea of separating the section (I'd also rework the section immediately prior to list all categories given and the years in which they were awarded rather than focus only on 2006). Theflyer 04:19, 17 January 2007 (UTC) I support this move, however, I don't have the time to do the move myself. Yet I am available for help.Martijn Hoekstra 01:29, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Tony Awards

The Tony Awards were the Antionette Perry Awards, and given ever since 1947. She died 1946 at only 58, her friends and family thought of the idea of making the Tony Awards. Thay are probaly still given today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.94.110 (talk) 02:56, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Change in voting

I added a cite to this article. Should anything else be added from it?: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/theater/theaterspecial/16tony.html?_r=1&8dpc -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:32, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Definitions of awards

Should the awards themselves be better defined? For example, there's no actual definition of Tony Award for Best Play and I can't find definitions of leading actor/actress vs. featured actor/actress. 15:33, 18 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.154.70.132 (talk)

Criticism flow

The second paragraph under criticism begins with "However, " but neither contradicts nor even really relates to the previous paragraph.

It seems like a good quote/cite, but maybe it should be worked in somewhere else? --Thomas B♘talk 03:24, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

1 Words and Music "Award Milestones" update for The Book of Mormon

I'm not sure of the accuracy of what's already included in this section under "Award Milestones" for productions, but The Book of Mormon also took home Best Musical honors this year with Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone also winning for both Best Book and Best Score. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.239.207.169 (talk) 00:55, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Golden Globe Award which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. Corvoe (speak to me) 21:58, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Combined acting nom list

All the individual acting category pages have lists of biggest winners and most nominations for that category. It'd be cool if someone could combine those into a list of people with the most wins/nominations across all categories. Aristophanes68 (talk) 03:59, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Lea Salonga is not Asian-American

Under the 'Firsts' section, Lea Salonga is listed as the first Asian-American to win Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical. However, she did not have American citizenship at the time, and I believe still does not have citizenship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.31.144.162 (talk) 21:14, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

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